1. Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
   - hemostatic [N. Amer], haemostatic [Brit, Cdn]

1. A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
   - astringent, astringent drug

Derived forms: styptics

See also: astringent, stypsis

Type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Encyclopedia: Styptic

• keep one's distance
• keep one's eyes off
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• keep your shirt on
• keeper
• keeping
• keepnet
• keepsake
• keeshond
• keffiyeh